•Nigerian nurses The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has asked the federal government to address all the demands of the association with utmost urgency. National President of the association, Michael Nnachi, made the appeal at a news conference after its meeting with officials of the Federal Ministry of Health and S...
•Bandits Bandits yesterday invaded the Primary Healthcare Centre at Kuyallo, Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, kidnapping two nurses and an unspecified number of patients. According to Musa Alhassan, one of the leaders of a local vigiÂlante group, the bandits initially targeted the nearby Government Day Secondary School, arri...
•Nurses A total of 3,173 Nigerian-trained nurses and midwives were licensed to practise in the United Kingdom in one year. This is according to the latest report on the number of nursing and midwifery professionals on the Nursing and Midwifery Council register from April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2024, obtained exclusively from the council. [&hell...
•Medical doctors The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has highlighted a recent report showing that doctors and nurses in the public sector have the lowest bribery rate compared to other public sectors. NMA President, Prof. Bala Audu, discussed the findings during a news briefing in Abuja. The report, titled “Corruption in Nigeria: Patterns a...
•Nurses Newly recruited nurses and midwives in Kaduna State have called on the state Governor, Senator Uba Sani, to intervene over their eight-month salary arrears. The over 200 health workers were recruited by the state government in June 2023 on a salary grade level 7 and posted to General Hospitals across the state, reports Daily […]...
•Muhammad Ali Pate The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Ali Pate, says other nations recruit health workers who left Nigeria for greener pastures overseas because of the level of training the health workers received back in Nigeria. Pate stated this today during a briefing organised by the Ministry of Information an...
•Protesting nurses The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives has directed its members to fully comply with the proposed nationwide protest slated for February 27 and 28 over the cost of living crisis in the country. The NANNM Secretariat gave the directive in a circular signed by its Deputy General Secretary and Acting Head [&hel...
•Nurses The Registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN), Faruk Abubakar yesterday, said 42,000 nurses have left the country in the last three years. Faruk’s comment came on the heels of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) protest against the new certification verification guidelines issued by th...
•Nigerian nurses Nurses under the aegis of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Abuja chapter, today, protested against the new verification certification guidelines released by the Nigeria and Midwifery Council of Nigeria. The nurses expressed displeasure over what they described as an attempt to hinder their freedom to pu...
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